[FFmpeg-user] Failed to configure ffmpeg

[Reindl Harald]

Am 05.12.20 um 22:12 schrieb Ibrahim Hammoudi:
> So are you just going to keep bothering me about why I'm compiling for
> Windows or help answer my original question?

forget "libfdk_aac" and myabe you are done

if you "hear" the difference you are probably a target for 
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> On Sat, Dec 5, 2020, 16:08 Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> Am 05.12.20 um 21:57 schrieb Ibrahim Hammoudi:
>>> Then how come cross-compiling is a thing for ffmpeg?
>>
>> cross-compiling is a thing in general
>>
>>> I could build it under
>>> Windows itself if I wanted to but then it would be harder to get some
>> stuff
>>> like libfdk_aac.
>>
>> obiously it's hard to get libfdk_aac anyways
>>
>>
>>> On Sat, Dec 5, 2020, 15:42 Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Am 05.12.20 um 20:55 schrieb Ibrahim Hammoudi:
>>>>> Cuz I already had a dual boot installation and I'm not going to waste
>>>> space
>>>>> to add in a VM that I'll never use again.
>>>>
>>>> you don't get it
>>>>
>>>> there is no point in 2020 building "native" windows binaries for stuff
>>>> which runs on Linux
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Dec 5, 2020, 14:53 Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>
>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am 05.12.20 um 20:35 schrieb Ibrahim Hammoudi:
>>>>>>> I would totally compile this on Windows if possible, but it seems a
>> lot
>>>>>>> more complicated to get the dependencies...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> why don't you just use a VM or WSL?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, Dec 5, 2020, 14:31 Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Am 05.12.20 um 20:26 schrieb Ibrahim Hammoudi:
>>>>>>>>> Well I have the dev package for libfdk_aac, but how do I reduce
>>>>>>>>> dependencies apart from not specifying the target OS? By the way,
>> the
>>>>>>>> same
>>>>>>>>> error pops up when I attempt to compile it fpr 32-bit Windows.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> reduce --anable-XX as much as possible
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> cross-compile is not funny in anycase and i would use a vurtual
>>>> machine
>>>>>>>> or container whereever i can if i won#t be windows-free at all for
>> the
>>>>>>>> past 10 years
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Dec 5, 2020, 14:13 Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Am 05.12.20 um 20:11 schrieb Reindl Harald:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Am 05.12.20 um 20:00 schrieb Ibrahim Hammoudi:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Whenever I attempt to configure ffmpeg it pops up that error
>>>> message
>>>>>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>>>>>> libfdk_aac despite the fact that I already have it installed
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> * you have *what* installed
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> to make it clear: you need the *dvel* packages
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "--target-os=mingw64" - well, reduce you deps to the absolute
>>>>>> minimum, i
>>>>>>>>>> don't know where i would have missed libfdk_aac the past 15 years
>> to
>>>>>>>>>> begin with
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> * you have whatever installed on *which* os / enivornment
>>>>>>>>>>> * you have *whatever* installed *where*
>>>>>>>>>>> * you need libfdk_aac why?